UnitedHealth Group Inc. promoted the head of its Medicare health plan business to lead the company’s broader insurance division, filling the job previously held by slain executive Brian Thompson. Tim Noel,
UnitedHealthcare has a new chief executive seven weeks after former CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in New York City.
UnitedHealthcare has appointed Tim Noel, a long-standing company veteran, as its new CEO, following the tragic killing of former top executive Brian Thompson in December. The announcement comes at a time of heightened scrutiny of the US healthcare industry, with renewed debates on systemic reform and rising operational costs.
Shares in the insurance provider dropped after the firm disclosed its first earnings report since the shocking assassination of Brian Thompson, its insurance branch’s chief executive.
UnitedHealthcare named company veteran Tim Noel as its CEO, seven weeks after former CEO Brian Thompson was killed in New York. Noel joined the company in 2007 and was most recently the head of its Medicare and retirement unit,
Tim Noel is the new UnitedHealthcare CEO following the Dec. 4 targeted killing of its former top executive, Brian Thompson, in Manhattan, reports say.
UnitedHealthcare named Tim Noel as its new chief executive after the killing of Brian Thompson on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk in December. Noel has been serving as head of Medicare and retirement at UnitedHealthcare.